Combat Pragmatist: D'Artagnan uses sudden side moves or jumps to make his enemies trip while fighting with rapiers.

Beard of Evil: The Count of Rochefort is bearded, and he's the Cardinal's dragon.

Adapted Out: Lord de Winter doesn't appear in this version.

Adaptational Villainy: As with countless other adaptations, the Count of Rochefort gets this treatment, helping Milady in her revenge, never befriending D'Artagnan and ending up killed by him.

The cast included Gérard Barray ( Le Capitaine Fracasse) as D'Artagnan, Mylène Demongeot as Milady de Winter, Perrette Pradier as Constance Bonacieux, Georges Descrières as Athos, Bernard Woringer as Porthos, Jacques Toja as Aramis, Daniel Sorano as Cardinal Richelieu, Guy Delorme as the Count of Rochefort, Jean Carmet as Planchet, Françoise Christophe as Queen Anne of Austria and Guy Tréjean ( Jo) as Louis XIII.

It was directed by Bernard Borderie (of the Angélique film series fame), Paul Misraki ( Le Doulos) composed the soundtrack, and swordplay was overseen by master at arms Claude Carliez, who worked on many other French swashbuckler films including a previous version of the story. The story was divided in two films that were made back-to-back, Première époque - Les Ferrets de la Reine ( Part I - The Queen's Diamonds) and Seconde époque - La Vengeance de Milady ( Part II - Milady's Revenge). Under the pen name Francey, he was present in Line (1958), J2 Magazine (1965) and in the Lancelot pocket book (1961).Les Trois Mousquetaires ( The Three Musketeers) is a 1961 French swashbuckler film duology based on the eponymous novel by Alexandre Dumas. One of the most prolific artists the Opera Mundi agency in the 1950s, he did a large amount of comic adaptations of novels, including 'Les Trois Mousquetaires' (730 strips), 'La Dame de Montsoreau', 'Anna Karénine' and 'Le Bossu' (1001 strips), mostly published in France-Soir, L'Aurore, Le Parisien Libéré and the regional press. Header for Les Trois Mousquetaires (Le Samedi, 1950-51)

For the publishing house Ray Flo, he assumed the pseudonym Monchas and made series like 'Jean Lynx' (later continued as 'Flèche d'Or') and 'Les 2 Risque-Tout'. He was present in Paris-Jeunes with 'Titi' (1946) and in Donald with 'Réseau Mystère' (1948). Jean Lynx - Le Bungalow Maudit (Le Samedi, 1951) Ironically, after the liberation, he made 'Mandrin' for Vaillant, a magazine published illegally during the War. In 1943, he made the pro-Nazi espionage strip 'Marc le Téméraire' for the collaborating magazine Le Téméraire. He made his comics debut in the following two years, drawing 'Bertrand le Preux' in Les Grandes Aventures and 'Nous les Gosses' in Gavroche. Jean Lynx - Terreur au Cirque (Le Samedi, 1951)įrancis Josse began his career in 1940 by doing cover illustrations for Fillette.

Les trois mousquetaires 1961